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DEL.ICIO.USTidbits from around the Capitol
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Just a few snippets to keep you ahead of the traditional news cycle:
— Phil Kent, spokesman for Americans for Immigration Control, points us to a Rasmussen poll that shows Republican use of immigration as the issue that kept them from losing even more ground to Democrats in 2007.
Which is why he’s predicting that the coming session of the Legislature will see the return of a bill by state Sen. John Wiles (R-Kennesaw) to toughen penalties for driving with out a license. The measure was vetoed by Gov. Sonny Perdue last year.
Also, Kent predicts a bill barring municipalities from establishing themselves as “sanctuary cities.” Not that this is an issue in Georgia. But it has become part of the debate in the Republican presidential contest.
— Secretary of State Karen Handel will be in the audience next Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments over an Indiana law requiring voters to present a photo ID at the polls.
The Indiana statute is very much like Georgia’s. Last month, Handel filed an amicus brief in support of it.
— On Sunday, state Court of Appeals Judge Charlie Mikell heads to MD Anderson Clinic in Houston, Texas for treatment of multiple myeloma. The cancer had been in remission.
Mikell announced his re-election campaign two months ago. “Through the wonders of modern communications and the support of my colleagues,” the judge said he’d be able to keep up with both his campaign and his judicial responsibilities.
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